They are never just "preparatory studies" for paintings.
They are either practice exercises or preparatory studies for paintings.
Some drawings are preparatory studies for paintings, while others are finished products.
Christo said the wrapping would be financed through the sale of his preparatory studies, drawings, collages and models for it.
So £90m is offered for "preparatory studies" by the electricity generators to try to encourage more rapid progress.
The show includes preparatory studies in oil, watercolor, ink, and pencil.
They are illustrated by two exhibitions of preparatory studies organized to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the chapel's consecration on June 25 , 1951
The perfection of his paintings was achieved through extensive and beautiful preparatory studies, as indicated by his drawing retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in 1987.
His works can feel like preparatory studies, made of gestures toward humor or meaning that never arrive.
Cranach's focus on the bitterness of life comes across most strikingly in his preparatory studies for portraits.
